Meet Freddy Adu, the latest pro-sports sensation with a seven-figure endorsement deal – and he’s only 14 years old.

And pundits say he’s well on his way to becoming the hottest young sports star since Tiger Woods.

This sure-footed soccer phenom made his pro debut yesterday with D.C. United in Washington – although he didn’t take the field until an hour into the game and he barely touched the ball.

“When I got out there, I just felt I was a step slower than normal,” Adu said afterward. “But that was probably because of the whole atmosphere.”

He became the youngest athlete in a major American pro sports league since 1887.

His contract with the Major League Soccer team is worth $500,000, and he’s bagged a $1 million deal with Nike plus a contract with Pepsi.

He’s been turning up in TV interviews – including CBS’s “60 Minutes” – but Freddy insists he’s still a typical teenager.

“I still get to hang out with my friends,” he said at practice Friday.

Freddy has already earned his high school diploma, attending a soccer boarding school that featured an accelerated academic program.

The 5-foot-8, 140-pound athlete insists he enjoys the challenge of balancing his child-like enthusiasm for the game with the full-grown expectations of fans already comparing him to Pele, the legendary Brazilian soccer star.

“When I made this decision, I didn’t think it was going to be easy,” Freddy said.

His D.C. United coach, Peter Nowak, says, “We want to make sure his head is in the game and is focused on what he has to do on the field.”

For help in that regard, Nowak relies on the unlikeliest of assistants – Freddy’s mother.

Emelia Adu is the ultimate soccer mom. When she’s not driving her son to practice, she’s keeping him grounded with strict rules that include a curfew.

The family came to the United States from Ghana when Freddy was 8. Shortly after settling in the D.C. area, Freddy’s father walked out, leaving Emelia alone with Freddy and a younger brother.

Emelia worked two jobs to support the family.

But now level-headed Freddy has made sure his mom and brother can comfortably live the American immigrant dream with him.